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A. IZEN.

` cms. APPLICATION FILED JULYI5, l92l.

Panted July 25, 1922.

ALEXANDER IZEN, OF ST. LOUS, MISSOUR, ASSIGIIOR TO SVl'IlT t DAVIS MFG.CO., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOUR, A CORPORAT'ON OF MISSOURI.

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To all w hom "it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER IZEN, aformer subject of the former Czar of Russia, who have declared myintention of becoming a citizen of the United States, residing at St.Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Cribs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in corner-pieces forbed-bottoms and is more particularly directed to the cornerpieceswhereby the bottoms of cribs are seciued to the posts at the head andfoot of the er1 The object of the present invention is to provide acorner-piece that shall engage a suitable projection on the bed postswhereby the bed-bottom from which the corner-piece projects may besecurely fastened to the posts. 1n view of the fact that cribs areentirely enclosed by end and side members it is necessary to support thecrib-bottom on the corner posts in a manner that the bottom will beclear of these members. In other words, the outer boundaries of thebed-bottom lie wholly within the end and side members of the crib. Afurther object is to provide corner-pieces for cribs that are simple andthat will permit of quickly assembling the crib.

Further and other advantages will be apparent from a detaileddescription of the invention in connection with the accomp anyin@`drawings, in which- *igure 1 is a plan view of the crib, showing thecrib-bottom provided with my improved corner-pieces; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of one corner ofthe crib-bottom with my invention applied thereto; and Fig. e is ahorizontal cross-section on the line 1 -L1 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, A, A represent the end members of the crib ofwhich the posts 1, 1 form a part, and 'B` and B represent the sidemembers, the side member B being capable of dropping downwardly. topermit ready access to the crib. This sliding side member is old and themechanism thereof need not be described in detail although obviously topermit of this movement the crib-bottom C must come entirely within theplane of movement of the sidek member. A

Specification of Letters Patent. y Patigng M15' 235, 192% Applicationfiled July 15,

1921. Serial No. 484,965.

pin 2 is secured in each post at the height determined for thecrib-bottom, said pin traversing the post and projecting a shortdistance beyond the inside thereof, the outer end of the pin beingreduced so as to form a shoulder a, against which the inside surface ofthe postl wall bears, the pin being riveted against the post oppositethe shoulder a, thereby securely fastening the pin Vin the ost.

The crib-bottom comprises a pair of angle iron end members 3, 3 andangle iron side members 4, i the horizontal legs of the angles beinglapped at the corners and riveted together, and a link fabric 5stretched between the side and end members.

Cn each corner of the crib-bottoni C is secured my improved corner, thesame comprising two members 6 and Z of fiat metal each bentsubstantially L-shaped, the legs of the L, however', being connected byan inclined portion. The two members are now riveted (or otherwisesecured) together at the inclined portions so that the legs form a rightangle on both sides of the juncture or neck i. e., the corner isbifurcated on both sides of the neck. The legs c and d of the inner forkare adapted to receive the corner of the bed-bottom C and are riveted tothe angle iron end rails and side rails 3 and e respectively. The outerfork is adapted to embrace the corner-post 1, and the leg c of themember 6 is provided with an inclined slot m which is slipped over thepin 2 projecting from the post. As the slot m moves down over the pin 2,the leg c will be drawn in the direction of the arrow 03 and the leg 'Zwill be drawn tightly against the post 1 thereby causing the corner tobe wedged tightly against the post. Obviously when all four corners ofthe crib-bottom are thus secured to the posts 1 a very secure connectionis had between the crib ends and sides with the bottom, and at the sametime the bottom may be readily removed by forcing the corners upwardlyfrom the pins 2.

`Having described my invention, I claim:

In combination with a lbed having end members provided with posts, pinsprojecting inwardly from said posts, a bed-bottom having corner-piecesprojecting outwardly therefrom at an angle of substantially forty-` livedegrees, said corner-pieces comprising two metallic members bentsubstantially L- shaped, the legs of each L being` connected lastmentioned fork being provided with an by e neck, said L-sbaped membersbeing seinclined slot for `receiving one oi' the aforecured togethei1 attheir necks sev as to p rosaidpins for supporting the fbedbo'ttom. l0vide oppositely disposed forks, one of 'said In testimony whereofhereunto my 5 forks engaging' the corner of the bed-bottoni signature.

and secured thereto, the other being adapted to embrace a bed-post, andone side of the ALEXANDER IZEN.

